Press ReleaseFIM Europe at the opening of the new building of KTM Motorsport

in Munderfing (Austria)

The opening of the new building of KTM Motorsport in Munderfing was celebrated in style. Thebrand new futuristic building contains all the departments of KTM, off-road as well as on-road.KTM CEO Stefan Piererand Head of Motor-sport Pit Beirer welco-med a big number offactory riders, KTM le-gends like Heinz Kini-gadner and MarcComa, team managers,business partners aswell as Dorna CEO Car-melo Ezpeleta, You-thstream PresidentGiuseppe Luongo andFIM Europe PresidentDr Wolfgang Srb.

From the left, Harald Plöckinger, Hubert Trunkenpolz, Marc Coma, Carmelo Ezpeleta, Stefan Pie-rer, Pit Beirer, Wolfgang Srb, Heinz Kinigadner, Giuseppe Luongo and Viktor Sigl. Below, the newbuilding of KTM Motorsport. All photos @Redinger L.

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Pit Beirer (KTM Motorsport Director), said: "It is a great honor for us to be here in the newKTM Motorsport Building, and in the presence of the most important worldwide promoters,sponsors, team managers, the entire board of the KTM Group, WP and Pankl board mem-bers, chief designer Gerald Kiska, and of course, our factory riders and motorsport emplo-yees. A new building was inevitable after the integration of 'Husqvarna' three years ago,and the decision to go into the MotoGP class. For this concept, it was a matter of greatconcern to us that the entire KTM Motorsport family could strive for further success underone roof. A special thanks to the team from Architekturbüro Hofbauer from Wels for thebrilliant planning. With Stefan Pierer as a great thinker and leader of the KTM Group, andwith the passion of our employees, we will be able to pursue further major goals togetherand celebrate our future successes”.Stefan Pierer (CEO KTM Group) said: “Motorsport is nothing without strong promoters andloyal sponsors, so we are particularly pleased to welcome them all here on this special day.In 1992 KTM Racing was still a single small workshop, and successfully tackled Rally andMotocross alongside the initial niche of Enduro under the strong leadership of Heinz Kini-gadner. Meanwhile, since Pit Beirer took over our motorsport in 2006, the team has grownto more than 300 employees worldwide and employs more than 60 factory riders. “Readyto race” and motor racing are a way of thinking that keeps the company fresh and drivesour more than 3000 employees in Mattighofen and Munderfing every day. Five percent of

From the left, Marc Coma, Pit Beirer, Wolfgang Srb and Giuseppe Luongo

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our annual sales flows into our motorsport and makes KTM Europe’s biggest sport motorcycle ma-nufacturer with the ambitious goal of being on the podium all over the world in the coming years”."KTM is one of the most successful and respected manufacturers. The "Ready to Race" philosophystands for numerous World and Manufacture titles. Cogratulations on behalf of FIM Europe forthe outstanding achievements", stated Dr Wolfgang Srb.

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PRESS RELEASE nr. 262/2016 - October 7th 2016FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara

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From the left, Pit Beirer, Zach Osborne, Ryan Dungey, Jeffrey Herlings, Marvin Musquin and Tony Cairoli